The struggle for Labour's soul : understanding Labour's political thought since 1945
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The struggle for Labour's soul : understanding Labour's political thought since 1945
（Routledge studies in British politics / series editors, Patrick Diamond and Tim Bale）
Routledge, 2018, c2019
2nd ed
- : pbk
Available at 1 libraries
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First ed.: 2004
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The election of the most left-wing Labour Party Leader since 1945, followed by the Party's third consecutive general election defeat and the ongoing cultural divisions around Brexit present an ideal opportunity for a thorough re-evaluation of the state of the Party within its broader ideological and historical context.
This second edition of this highly respected book analyses the current developments and places them in their historical setting through a clear three-part framework of Ideological Positions, Struggles and Commentaries.
Thoroughly updated and featuring contributions by leading academics and politicians, it continues to represent one of the most ground-breaking and thorough analyses of Labour's political thought in a generation and will be of key interest to scholars, students and observers of British Politics, British History, Party Politics, and the Labour Party.
Table of Contents
Foreword [Dame Margaret Beckett MP] Introduction [Matt Beech, Kevin Hickson and Raymond Plant] Part I: Positions 1. The Old Left [Kevin Hickson] 2. Labour's New Left: Then and Now [David Coates] 3. The Centre [Mark Garnett] 4. The Old Right [Kevin Jefferys] 5. The Progressives [Matt Beech] Part II: Struggles 6. Culture and Character [Jeremy Nuttall] 7. Social Class [Emmanuelle Avril] 8. Gender Politics [Vicky Randall] 9. Political Economy [Noel Thompson and Gavin Thompson] 10. Sovereignty and the State [Jasper Miles] 11. European Integration [Helen Parr] 12. Defence [Timothy J. Oliver] Part III: Commentaries 13. The Old Left: The Bevanites [Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds MP] 14. The New Left: Daring to be a Daniel [Alan Simpson] 15. The Centre: The Need for Unity [Andy Burnham] 16. The Old Right: Promoting Growth and Tackling Globalisation [Lord Peter Hain of Neath] 17. New Labour [Dame Margaret Hodge MP]
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